>
>Instead of decrying "Urban Legends", which are on the internet, we should
>be applauding the quickness and efficiency of the internet.  There was a
>rumor about Hilfiger.  Within hours, facts debunking the rumor was on the
>internet.  There was a rumor about U.S. postal stamps of African
>American.  Within hours, facts debunking the rumor was on the internet.
>
>Compare this to the rumors started by the Western press.  The Western Press
>helped start America's role in the Vietnam war with the corporate legend of
>the Gulf of Tonkin.  In the Vietnam war, 67,000 American soldiers died and
>100,000's of soldiers are permanently injured and millions of Southeast
>Asians died and millions of Southeast Asians are permanently injured and
>1,000's Southeast Asians die every year from the remaining land mines.
>
>   And, we all can easily make a list of the harm caused my "Corporate
>Legends".  For example, "the war on drugs".  The harm caused by urban
>legends pales in comparison to the loss of life caused by corporate
>legends.  And, most of the corporate legends are never exposed.
>
>Gulf of Tonkin legend:
>http://www.fair.org/media-beat/940727.html
>
>
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>
>
>If I could have convinced more slaves that they were slaves, I could have
>freed thousands more.  -- Harriet Tubman
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>Nathaniel Harwell
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If I could have convinced more slaves that they were slaves, I could have
freed thousands more.  -- Harriet Tubman
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Nathaniel Harwell

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